40 USC § 3117 - Exclusion of certain property by stipulation of Attorney General
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identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s3117"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "40 USC § 3117 - Exclusion of certain property by stipulation of Attorney General"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "3117"
section_name: "Exclusion of certain property by stipulation of Attorney General"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "GENERAL"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ACQUIRING LAND"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "GENERAL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1147.)"
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# § 3117. Exclusion of certain property by stipulation of Attorney General
In any condemnation proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Federal Government, the Attorney General may stipulate or agree on behalf of the Government to exclude any part of the property, or any interest in the property, taken by or on behalf of the Government by a declaration of taking or otherwise.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1147.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3117 | 40:258f. | Oct. 21, 1942, ch. 618, 56 Stat. 797. |
The words “that may have been, or may be” are omitted as unnecessary.